Why do you come up with the idea of retrofitting the shifters???? Well, I have a V8 and am also very satisfied with the vehicle. I only find the automatic tuning on the motorway to be disturbing if I give a little more gas when I overtake and then is switched down to the 4th gear. Now I have found that by moving the lever into the Tiptronicgasse my problem is solved as much as possible and I can also switch up earlier in urban traffic (d What does the Phaeton driver do??? He goes to the workshop and presents his wish to simply spend money on a problem solution! But today there are still facilities that simply don’t want to make money: the VW workshop!!!! You have to ask the factory first, get the release (!!) and what all the control units (!??!!) have to be changed!!! Summary: So, don’t do anything!! But, thanks to Paneuropean (Michael), who has this P. Roblem had solved the hard way (a very readable great thread!! Retrofitting Paddle Shifters to a Phaeton in the VWvortex forums). Now I decided to upgrade my vehicle as well and clarify the questions that still existed after reading Michael’s guide. Is there interest in a guide with pictures? Estimated conversion time about 40 minutes. Greetings